Wolfgang Seeliger

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Wolfgang Seeliger

Wolfgang Seeliger (Heidelberg, May 30, 1946) is a German choral conductor. [1] With his Konzertchor Darmstadt he won the EBU Let the Peoples Sing prize in 1991, and he himself was awarded the Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen in 2006.

Selected Discography

For Christophorus (record label)

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References

  1. Who's who in the arts - Page 224 Otto J. Groeg - 1978 "SEELIGER Wolfgang, conductor (Kapellmeister) and choral dir.; b.: Heidelberg, May 30, 1946;"